DIABETIC SALAD DRESSING
46 oz. low sodium V-8 juice
1 tbsp. wine vinegar
1/4 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/4 packet Equal
Mix the ingredients together and chill. Shake before using.
VELVIA’S MIXED SALAD
1/2 head lettuce, chopped
2 slices pineapple, in own juice
4 oz. diced chicken
1 boiled egg
4 radish, diced
1/2 med. onion, diced
1 tbsp. diet mayonnaise
Combine all ingredients and mix well.
TURKEY AND POTATO SALAD
4 oz. cooked turkey or chicken, bite size pieces
1 (3 oz.) boiled potato, chopped
1 tbsp. mayonnaise
1 tsp. chopped pimento
1/2 tsp. dehydrated parsley flakes
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. sage
1/4 tsp. salt
Dash of pepper
Lettuce leaves
Combine all ingredients except lettuce; mix well. Chill. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Makes 1 serving.
TUNA SALAD
2 oz. tuna, drained
2 tbsp. low-cal Thousand Island dressing
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 hard boiled egg
3 oz. cottage cheese
Mix all ingredients and serve on lettuce leaf or bread.
SOUTHERN CELERY FISH SALAD
6 c. thinly sliced celery
1/2 c. sliced med. onion
1/2 c. diet mayonnaise
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 lbs. fillet of sole or flounder, cooked, chunked, and chilled
1 1/2 c. orange sections
Combine all ingredients except fish and orange. Mix well. Add fish and orange, toss lightly. Serve on lettuce leaves. Garnish with tomato wedges and radish roses if desired.
POTATO SALAD
2 pkgs. cauliflower
1/2 c. chopped celery
2 tbsp. dill salad cubes
1 tbsp. chopped pimento
1 tbsp. chopped bell pepper
2 tbsp. mustard
1 tbsp. vinegar
2 tbsp. diet mayonnaise
Sweetener, salt and pepper to taste
Cook cauliflower. Mix all ingredients together. Better if you can let chill a few minutes before eating.
MARY JO’S CONGEALED SALAD
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1 grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
1 c. boiling water
1 c. diet ginger ale
1/2 c. lemon juice
2 envelopes Sweet’N Low
4 tsp. vinegar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. shredded cabbage
Soften gelatin in lemon juice. Add boiling water stirring to dissolve gelatin. Add diet ginger ale, Sweet’N Low, vinegar and salt. Let chill. When it begins to thicken, fold in grapefruit and cabbage.
FRUITED CHICKEN SALAD
3 oz. blended cottage cheese
2 tbsp. skim milk
1 tbsp. cider vinegar
2 tsp. grated onion
1 tsp. salt
1 med. green pear, cubed
1 med. apple, cubed
1 c. chopped celery
Lettuce leaves
Mix celery, apple, pear, chicken, and salt until smooth. Add onion, vinegar, milk, and cheese and toss. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Makes 3 sandwiches.
EGG SALAD
3 hard boiled eggs
3 oz. cottage cheese
1 tsp. mustard
1 tbsp. chopped onion
1 tbsp. dill cubes
Crazy salt
Pepper
Finely chopped celery
Finely chop eggs. Mix all together. Makes lunch for two. Good on sandwich with tomato. Vary seasoning to suit your taste.
DIPPIN PEAS SALAD
1 med. pear
1/2 c. cottage cheese
1 tsp. orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 to 2 tbsp. skim milk
Cut pear into wedges. Place cottage cheese and orange juice in blender. Blend until smooth, adding milk as needed. Mixture should be very thick. Pour into small dish. Use pear wedges to scoop up cottage cheese mixture.
Makes 1 salad.
DILLY TUNA SALAD
1 (20 oz.) can pineapple chunks
1 (6 oz.) can tuna, drained
1 c. cucumbers, sliced
1/3 c. imitation mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. seasoned salt
1/4 tsp. dill seed
Drain pineapple, reserving 2 tablespoons of juice. Mix all ingredients except dill seed. Line salad bowl with crisp salad greens. Add above mixed ingredients. Sprinkle with dill seed.
CHICKEN SALAD
12 oz. sliced chicken
1/2 c. chopped celery
1/4 c. shredded carrots
1/4 c. lo-calorie salad dressing or mayonnaise
1 1/2 tsp. lime juice
Salt & pepper to taste
Combine chicken celery, and carrots. Stir dressing, juice, salt and pepper. Pour over chicken mixture, tossing to coat well.
HOT CHICKEN SALAD
4 c. diced chicken (6 breasts, baked)
2 c. diced celery
1/3 c. mayonnaise
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 sm. jar chopped pimiento
1 can sliced water chestnuts, drained
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. chopped onion
3 tsp. lemon juice
1 c. grated cheese
1 c. crushed potato chips
1/2 c. slivered almonds
Blend the first nine ingredients and pour into a 9″x13″ pan. Top with the grated cheese, potato chips and slivered almonds. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Will be bubbly.
CELERY SALAD
4 c. slivered celery, sliced diagonally
2 heads Boston lettuce
1 (12 oz.) yogurt
1 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 1/2 tbsp. DiJon mustard
4 tbsp. finely chopped parsley
Salt and pepper
Cover and cook celery in very small amount of boiling water. Cook for 3 minutes. Drain and cool. Arrange on lettuce cups. Mix yogurt, lemon juice, mustard, and parsley. Season to taste and pour dressing over celery.
CARROT AND ORANGE SALAD
1 1/2 c. water
4 oz. grated raw carrots
4 oz. unsweetened orange juice
1 tbsp. unflavored gelatin
1 tbsp. lemon juice
Artificial sweetener equal to 2 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
Lettuce leaves
Soften gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water. Add salt, sweetener, and 1 1/4 cups hot water. Stir until dissolved. Add orange and lemon juice. Set aside to stiffen slightly. Add raw carrots to gelatin and pour into mold. Make sure mold has been rinsed in cold water. Chill. Unmold on lettuce leaves.
CABBAGE SALAD
3 c. shredded cabbage
1 tsp. salt
1 shredded turnip (2 oz.)
1 shredded carrot (2 oz.)
1 chopped green pepper
1/4 tsp. dill seed
Cover cabbage with salt. Let stand for 45 minutes. Wash and dry thoroughly. Drain and squeeze all water out. Toss with other ingredients. Moisten with low-cal dressing.
DIETETIC PASTA SALAD
Corkscrew pasta
4 fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 cucumber, sliced
Kraft reduced calorie zesty Italian dressing
1 onion, sliced
1 tomato, diced
1 green pepper, chopped
Cook and rinse pasta in cold water. Mix with remaining ingredients and marinate in dressing. Chill and serve.
SAUCY CRANAPPLE SALAD
1 env. unflavored gelatin
1/4 c. cold water to soften above
1 (4 serving) pkg. sugar-free raspberry gelatin
1 c. boiling water
2 c. (1/2 lb.) frozen cranberries
1 c. juice-pack unsweetened crushed pineapple* with juice
1 c. unsweetened applesauce*
5 packets artificial sweetener
Place the clean, still frozen berries in the boiling water. Return to boiling and allow berries to pop open (8 to 15 minutes). Do not stir! Soften the unflavored gelatin in the 1/4 cup cold water, then add both gelatins to the hot cranberries; stir until dissolved. Add the pineapple with juice, the applesauce, and sweetener. Do not prepare this in a gelatin mold! Stir. Pour into a 10 cup mold and chill until set.
1 serving = 1 fruit exchange (approximately 60 calories).
DIET 7 – UP SALAD
1 (4 serving) pkg. sugar free lemon gelatin
1 c. boiling water
6 oz. cold diet 7-Up
1 (8 oz.) (or 1/2 of 20 oz.) can drained crushed pineapple canned in its own juice (unsweetened)
1 banana, split and sliced
Dissolve gelatin in hot water. Set aside to cool slightly, then slowly add the chilled pop, pineapple, and banana pieces. Pour into an 8 inch square pan and chill until set. Add topping.
–TOPPING–
Cook over double boiler until thickened: 1 tbsp. flour Artificial Sweetener = 1/4 c. sugar 1/2 c. reserved juice 1 tbsp. low-fat margarine Let cool, then fold in 1 envelope of prepared D-Zerta whipped topping. Spread on top of the above “set” salad.
1 serving = 2 1/2 inch square; 1 fruit and 1 fat exchanges.
Note: If this salad is doubled and a 9 x 13 inch pan is used, do not double the topping mixture. It’s sufficient to cover all.
DIABETIC CREAM CHEESE SALAD
1 (3 oz.) env. sugar free Jello (lime)
1 c. crushed pineapple in own juice
3 oz. lite cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 c. evaporated skim milk, chilled
Mix Jello per package directions. Drain juice from pineapple and add water to make 1/2 cup liquid. Add juice to Jello mixture and chill until syrupy. Beat the evaporated skim milk, making sure that the bowl, beaters and milk are well chilled. Set whipped milk aside. Beat the cream cheese into Jello. Fold in the whipped milk and drained pineapple and chill in mold or glass dish.
Makes 9 ½-cup servings.
DIABETIC CRANBERRY AND ORANGE SALAD
1 lb. fresh cranberries
1 med. orange, do not peel
1 med. apple, do not peel
1 lg. celery stalk
Grind the above ingredients together. 1 (3 oz.) box orange sugar free Jello 2 tbsp. Equal sweetener Dissolve Jello in 3/4 cup boiling water; add 3/4 cup cold water. Add ground fruit, celery, pineapple, sweetener. Chill.
CHICKEN SALAD SUPREME
2 lg. chickens (3 to 4 lb. each to make 6 to 8 c. cooked meat)
4 tbsp. salad oil
4 tbsp. orange juice
4 tbsp. vinegar
2 tsp. salt
3 c. mandarin oranges
2 c. pineapple chunks
3 c. green grapes
Slivered almonds
3 c. diced celery
2 1/2 c. raw rice
1 qt. mayonnaise
Cut chicken into pieces and boil until tender with no seasonings. Remove skin and fat first. Remove meat from bones and cut into cubes. Mix together oil, orange juice, vinegar, salt, marinate chicken in this mixture in refrigerator overnight. Drain fruit well, add to nuts and celery the next day; add to chicken mixture. Cook rice until tender in boiling water, drain, blanch with cold water, drain well; add to chicken mixture. Add mayonnaise, mix well.
Serve with crackers and lettuce or in pocket bread.
CHICKEN SALAD
1 can chicken, chopped (or 5 oz. cooked chicken)
1/2 c. chopped celery
1/3 c. chopped sweet pickle
1 boiled egg, chopped
1/2 c. salad dressing
Mix and serve.
CHICKEN AND ALMOND SALAD
1 1/2 c. cooked chicken
3/4 c. diced celery
1 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. seedless white grapes
1/2 c. almonds
1/2 tsp. dries mustard
3/4 tsp. salt
1/16 tsp. pepper
1/8 c. light cream
1 hard boiled egg, sliced
1/2 c. mayonnaise
Mix cream and mayonnaise together with mustard, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Pour over other ingredients.
Delicious!
HOT CHICKEN SALAD
1 1/2 c. cooked chicken, diced
1 c. diced celery
3 diced boiled eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1 sm. jar pimentos
2 tbsp. chopped green onions
1 1/2 c. bread crumbs
1/2 c. slivered almonds
3 tbsp. lemon juice
3/4 c. mayonnaise
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 stick oleo
Mix everything together except breadcrumbs, and oleo. Butter casserole dish (10 x 12 inch). Put complete mixture in dish. Put breadcrumbs on top. Melt butter and sprinkle over the breadcrumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until breadcrumbs are brown.
LIGHT CHICKEN SALAD
3/4 c. light mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. salt
3 c. cooked chicken
1 1/2 c. red seedless grapes
1 c. sliced celery
1/3 c. sliced green onion
1/2 c. broken walnuts
Combine mayonnaise, ginger and salt. Stir in chicken, grapes, celery, green onion and walnuts.
Makes 5 1/2 cups. Serve on lettuce leaf.
Antipasto Salad
1 Cauliflower,small
-in small flowerettes 3 Carrots; large, thinly slic
1 Green pepper; diced
1 c Black olives
2 1/2 c Pasta; rotini
———DRESSING———-
1 1/4 c Oil; vegetable or corn
3/4 c Vinegar, cider
2 Garlic cloves; peeled & min
1 tb Sugar
Directions:
Salt & pepper In large bowl, toss together cauliflower, carrots, green pepper and olives. Cook rotini in large pot of boiling salted water till tender but firm about 8 to 10 minutes, drain and rinse in cold water. Dressing: Combine oil,
vinegar, garlic and sugar, adding salt and pepper to taste; mix well. Pour all but 1/3 cup dressing over salad, tossing to mix, reserve remaining dressing. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Just before serving, taste and readjust seasonings and add remaining dressing if necessary.
Caribbean Chicken Salad
4 servings
PREP TIME 30 Min
COOK TIME 15 Min
READY IN 2 Hrs 45 Min
INGREDIENTS
* 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
* 1/2 cup teriyaki marinade sauce
* 2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
* 1/2 cup chopped onion
* 2 teaspoons minced jalapeno pepper
* 2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro
* 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
* 1/4 cup honey
* 1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 1 1/2 tablespoons cider vinegar
* 1 1/2 teaspoons lime juice
* 3/4 pound mixed salad greens
* 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
* 4 cups corn tortilla chips
DIRECTIONS
1. Place the chicken in a bowl, and cover with the teriyaki marinade sauce. Marinate at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.
2. In a small bowl mix the tomatoes, onion, jalapeno pepper, and cilantro. Cover salsa, and refrigerate.
3. In a small bowl, mix the mustard, honey, sugar, oil, vinegar, and lime juice. Cover dressing, and refrigerate.
4. Preheat the grill for high heat.
5. Lightly oil grill grate. Place chicken on the grill, and discard marinade. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes on each side, or until juices run clear.
6. Arrange mixed salad greens on plates. Spoon some of the salsa over each salad, and sprinkle with 1/4 of the pineapple chunks. Break tortilla chips into large chunks, and sprinkle over salads. Lay some of the grilled chicken strips on each salad. Finally, drizzle dressing over each salad, and serve.
Apple Cider Salad
2 packages gelatin powder — unflavored
2 cups apple cider
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups apples — diced
1/4 cup black walnuts — chopped
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
cooking oil
lettuce leaves — for decoration
1. Put 1/2 cup cold water into a small bowl. Sprinkle two envelopes (2 tablespoons) of unflavored gelatin on water. Let stand 5-10 minutes to soften.
2. Heat 2 cups apple cider until very hot; add salt. Remove from heat and immediately add softened gelatin. Stir until gelatin is completely dissolved. Have a 1 quart mold lightly greased with cooking oil. Do not use olive oil. Spoon about 1/2 cup of gelatin mixture into mold and place in refrigerator.
3. Chill remaining mixture until slightly thicker than consistency of unbeaten egg white. Just before large bowl of gelatin is desired consistency, dice apples and chop walnuts and parsley. Add this to the gelatin and place into the mold which already has thin bottom layer of gelatin. Chill until set.
4. Unmold onto serving plate which has been decorated with lettuce leaves; curly endive is a good choice.
Apple and Fennel Salad
5 ounces Fresh Spinach
1 each Small Fennel Head — sliced
2 each Medium Granny Smith Apples
1 each Small Red Onion — sliced
* The Granny Smith apples should be peeled and cubed. Thoroughly wash spinach, removing fibrous stems. Dry and place in salad bowl. Add fennel, apples and onions. Toss with Celery Seed Dressing. Trim with fennel tops. 6 servings.